Hales talked to the KINK Morning Show on Tuesday, and he
briefly mentioned Obama's love for Portland.

The mayor traveled to Washington DC last week for the U.S.
Conference of Mayors.

In the KINK interview, Hales said while there, he "got a
chance to spend some serious time" with key Obama administration officials.

Hales said Obama also addressed the council of mayors. "He understands
that most of the economic activity in this country, most of this resurgence
that we're in economically, most of the impact on climate change will happen
because of what cities do," Hales said in the KINK interview.

The meeting with Obama was "cool and fun and exciting
but also substantive."

Here are a few other takeaways from the interview:

- Hales' one word to describe Portland: "resurgent" adding the
"city is on the rise economically"

- On a scale of 1-10: Hales gives the Rose City a nine. "There's
some things to work on, there's some threats out there, but we're really on the
rise. This is going to be a great chapter for Portland," he said.